Neck-yoke



(No Model.)

J. HAWES.

NECK YOKE.

No. 391,846. Patented Oct. 30, 18188.

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JOHN HAXVES, OF URBANA, MISSOURI.

NECK-YOKE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,846, dated October30, 18228.

Application filed September 15, 1887. Serial No. 249,700. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ornv HAWES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Urbana, in the county of Dallas and. State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yokes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in neck-yokcs; the object of whichis to provide a cheap and simple device to prevent twisting, wrinkling,and wearing the breast-strap of a harness. These objects I attain bymeans of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specifieatiom' in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation ofthe entire device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the de vice.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A is an ordinary neck-yoke cross bar.

B is a ferrule having an eye, b, to receive the eye 0 of the swivel-pinO.

D is an open link having a hole, d", to receive the swivel-pin G andbolt d connecting the sides (Z cl of the link.

E is a roller placed on the bolt d which is made long enough to let thebreast-strap F work easily back and forth without rubbing the edges ffof the strap. The swiveljoint formed by the bolt 0 and link D, togetherwith the motion permitted by the two eyesb c, prevents all injury to theedges ff of the breaststrap, while the roller E prevents friction on thesurface of the said strap. Thus, by

means of this swivel-joint, the eyes, and roller, a breast-strap may beused for a long time without showing any wear on the sides or edges andalways give the full strength of the strap, as the swivel preventstwisting and tearin it.

Dye b is preferably formed, as shown at N, by bending the same so thatthe eye 0 of the swivel-pin will always remain on the upper side of theneck-yoke. By this means it avoids all catching which would prevent thefree motion of the swiveljoint and the eyes in each other. It alsoprevents pulling the eye I) open and twisting the ferrule 13, whichwould be the case were it not for the projection Z). Thus I have adevice that protects the strap F and ferrule A.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a neek-yoke with the ferrulehaving an attachingloop formed thereon, and that it is old in devicesofa similar character to provide a ferrule orelip with a swivelpinhaving a hook at one end for the attachment of a link, and therefore donot claim such devices broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination, in a neck-yoke, of the cross-bar A,the ferrule B,havinga hook formed with the enlargement If, as shown, the swivelpin (3,having an eye at one end and a head at its opposite end, and the openlink D, swiveled to the said pin 0, and the roller E, secured to thebranches of the open link by the bolt passing through the same and alsothrough the said arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HAWES.

Witnesses:

J. L. HENDRIOKSON, J. A. BONNER.

